Column Guides lets you add vertical lines at character column positions in Visual Studio text editors. You specify the column, color, width, and dash style of each guide. You can associate each set of guides with one or more file types.
In the Extensions menu, go to the Column Guides menu and select Options.
Column Guides installs with a default guide at column 80 for all file types.
Note: To enter text values in the Options page without dismissing the dialog, select Tab to move to the next control or select Space to update the value in place.
File Types
Adding file types
Below the File Types list box, select the Add button. A new row will be added to the File Types list box with the default file type, *.*.
Removing file types
Select the row you want to remove in the File Types list box, then select the Remove button.
Setting file types
In the File Types list box, select the row you want to edit.
In the File types text box, enter your file type. You can enter multiple file types by separating them with a semicolon (;).
Ordering file types
To move a row up or down in the File Types list box, select the row, then select the ▲ or ▼ button.
If a document matches more than one set of file types, its guides are drawn in the order the file types appear in the File Types list.
Guides
Adding guides
Below the Guides list box, select the Add button. A new guide will be added to the Guides list box with default settings.
Removing guides
Select the guide you want to remove in the Guides list box, then select the Remove button.
Guide settings
Column
Enter the column at which a guide appears in the in the Column text box.
Color
Enter the color of a guide in the R, G, and B text boxes. Values are 0-255.
Alternatively, you can click on the color button to select a color from a dialog.
Opacity
Enter the opacity of a guide in the Opacity text box. Values are 0-255.
Alternatively, you can drag the slider to choose a value.
Width
Select the width of a guide from the Width combo box.
Dashes
Select the dash style of a guide from the Dashes combo box.
Ordering guides
To move a guide up or down in the Guides list box, select the guide, then select the ▲ or ▼ button.
If a file type has more than one guide, its guides are drawn in the order they appear in the Guides list.
Global Settings
Showing and hiding guides
To show all guides, select the Show guides checkbox.
To hide all guides, clear the Show guides checkbox.
You can also show and hide all guides in the Column Guides menu.
Dashes
To make dashed lines to scroll with the page, select the Dashes stick to page checkbox.
To make dashed lines to float above the page, clear the Dashes stick to page checkbox.
Rendering
To make guides snap to screen pixels and minimize anti-aliasing visual artifacts, select the Sharp guides checkbox.
To disable snapping to screen pixels, clear the Sharp guides checkbox.